Amazon wants to buy Ballerina Overdrive, an action film with no relation to John Wick

Ballerina Overdrive is not, at least according to Deadline‘s writeup of the potential Amazon deal, which the trade says could close somewhere in the $11 million to $12 million range. The project has been floating around for at least three years, so it seems like this may be a case of parallel thinking rather than any direct inspiration. (Last year’s Abigail also offered some ballerina-based action, so dance may just be on the brain.) Ballerina Overdrive was directed by The Witcher: Blood Origin‘s Vicky Jewson and follows “a troupe of ballerinas who find themselves fighting for survival as they attempt to escape from a remote inn after their bus breaks down on the way to a dance competition,” per Deadline‘s description.

The project also features a predominantly female cast made up of Lana Condor, Millicent Simmonds, Iris Apatow, Maddie Ziegler, Avantika, Michael Culkin, and Uma Thurman. It may not be part of the John Wick franchise, but the project apparently has “franchise ambitions” of its own, per the trade. Maybe these new characters will lace up their pointe shoes for a crossover face-off with the Ruska Roma somewhere down the line.